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Regal Engine Company Booklet
Item — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4289
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a single booklet from approximately 1915 from the Regal Gasoline Engine Company in Coldwater, Michigan. The contents of the booklet feature typed descriptions of engines or materials, complete with black and white drawings of each, and graphs depicting information such as price and dimension.
Dates:
approximately 1915
Religious Council
Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/69
Scope and Contents
Finding aids and inventories for the Religious Council (40/69).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1950 - 1961
Rena Bestervelt Henshaw Diary
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4083
Scope and Contents
The diary was written by Rena Bestervelt Henshaw (1903-1988) who was married to John H. Henshaw (1902-1994.) They had three children: Fred, Linda and Margaret. They got married on November 26, 1926. John H. Henshaw worked as a draftsman from Brown Co. and was a carpenter once he retired in 1966.
In 1955, Margaret Henshaw (1939-2014) was diagnosed with polio, which at the time was a devastating disease which had symptoms of paralysis and could be fatal. Margaret’s mother, Rena...
Dates:
1955
Reuben Bennett Diary
Item — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4287
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a single diary covering the year 1912, formerly belonging to Reuben Bennett (1848-1919) in Albion, Michigan.The diary is called Miles’ Combination Diary of memorandum, and contains useful information including census numbers. Following the initial page detailing the diary’s publisher and information is an information page. While largely blank the writer’s name, R. Bennett, address, 705 North Division Street Albion, Michigan, and phone number, 182, are...
Dates:
1912
Richard Cole Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3774
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of blueprints from building structures, additions, and alterations that have moved onto microfilm and were created by the Kalamazoo based architectural firm of Diekema and Hamann Architecture and Engineering. The collection was donated by former Diekema and Hamann employee, Richard Cole. Diekema and Hamann was founded in 1919 and is still providing architectural services today. The collection is not complete with every blueprint they ever produced, but...
Dates:
-2015 (when collection was completed)
Richard G. Lobdell Diary
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3338
Abstract
This collection contains the Diary about Richard G. Lobdell's day to day activities living in Kalamazoo; in early 1929. The diary was purchased by the Archives and Regional History Collection via the Starring Endowment.
Dates:
1929 January-August
Richard Smith Diary
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3761
Scope and Contents
During his time as soldier Richard Smith keep a diary of the last months of the Civil War in 1865. In the diary, Sargent Smith mostly discusses the weather, duties he performed on a daily basis, when and where his unit’s camp was moved, and briefly mentioned skirmishes with the rebel forces. The writing for each date seldom goes over a single line on the paper and is usually written in sentence fragments. The diary is good way to see the different duties performed by a soldier and track the...
Dates:
January 1-April 1, 1865
Richard Vander Molen Collection
File
Identifier: RH-A-3751
Scope and Contents
This collection consist of newsletters, publications, staff directories, informational ephemera, and other materials regarding Bronson Methodist Hospital, the Bronson School of Nursing, being a Bronson employee, and the Bronson Retiree Association
Dates:
2015 (Time the file was created)
Riverside Pony Farm pamphlet
File — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: RH-A-4251
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of a foldout pamphlet featuring ponies for sale by The Riverside Pony Farm in Kalamazoo, MI. Owners Henry Lane and Frank B. Lay. Pamphlet is dated approximately 1909.
Caption on front of document says “Partial List of Ponies Ready for the Market and for Sale by The Riverside Pony Farm”. Inside are lists of colts, fillies, mares, stallions, and geldings for sale with illustrations.
Dates:
1909
Robert Nielsen Diary
Item
Identifier: RH-A-3954
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the diary of Robert Nielsen between the years of 1942 and 1946, recording his everyday life and routine during his time in high school. This routine included attending school during the week, and playing around and attending Sunday School on the weekends. This diary provided a record of the activities Robert did, giving insight on what growing up in the 1940s was like, rather than his thoughts or feelings about his life.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1942-1946
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